Jürgen Prochnow
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Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941) is a German-American actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film Das Boot. He is also known for his roles in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975), Dune (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The English Patient (1996), Air Force One (1997), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and played Sergei Bazhaev on the eighth season of 24 (2010). He is a Goldene Kamera, Bavarian Film Awards, and Bambi Award winner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jürgen Prochnow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
as André Vernet
Dune (1984)
as Duke Leto Atreides
Judge Dredd (1995)
as Judge Griffin
Das Boot (1981)
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
as Tobias
Air Force One (1997)
as Alexander Radek
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
as Woodsman
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
as Sutter Cane
The English Patient (1996)
as Major Muller
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
as Maxwell Dent
The Replacement Killers (1998)
as Michael Kogan
Primeval (2007)
as Jacob Krieg
Body of Evidence (1993)
as Dr. Alan Paley
Beerfest (2006)
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
The Seventh Sign (1988)
as David Bannon
Company of Heroes (2013)
as Luca Gruenewald
A Hidden Life (2019)
as Major Schlegel
The Keep (1983)
as Captain Klaus Woermann
The Last Rifleman (2023)
as Friedrich Mueller
House of the Dead (2003)
as Kirk
DNA (1997)
as Dr. Carl Wessinger
Wing Commander (1999)
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
Robin Hood (1991)
as Sir Miles Folcanet
Remember (2015)
as Rudy Kurlander #4
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
as Woodsman
The Celestine Prophecy (2006)
as Jensen
A Dry White Season (1989)
as Captain Stolz
The Fourth War (1990)
as Col. Valachev
Nanking (2007)
as John Rabe
Chain Reaction (2006)
as Police Man
Jack the Dog (2001)
as Klaus
Esther (1999)
as Haman
Sinners and Saints (2010)
as Mr. Rhykin
The Last Stop (2000)
as Fritz
Last Run (2001)
as Andrus Bukarin
The Guardian Angel (—)
as Albert Klosser
Kill Cruise (1990)
as The Skipper
Baltic Storm (2003)
as Erik Westermark
Destination Dune (1983)
as Self
Damascus Cover (2017)
as Franz Ludin
The Elite (2001)
as Avi
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Heart of America (2003)
as Harold Lewis
Human Bomb (1998)
as Gerhardt Dach
Killing Cars (1986)
as Ralph Korda
Terminus (1987)
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
Heaven's Fire (1999)
as Quentin Darby
Love is Forever (1983)
as General Siegfried Kaplan
Dark Asylum (2001)
as Dr. Fallon
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
as Ludwig Götten
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
as Hehler
Oko ve zdi (2009)
Actor
Interceptor (1992)
as Phillips
Fesseln (1995)
as Günther
Hans in Luck (1976)
as Hans Schmidtke
Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)
as Adam Berwid
The Fall (1999)
as József Kovács
The Man Inside (1990)
as Günter Wallraff
Blitz (1985)
as Ralph Korda
Ohne Gnade (2013)
as Helmutchen
Real Men (2019)
as Himself - Actor
See Arnold Run (2005)
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
Final Ascent (2000)
as Paul
Guns of Honor (1994)
as Jack Neumann
Devil's Paradise (1987)
as Escher
Poison (2000)
as Carl Krieger
Ripper: Letter from Hell (2001)
as Detective Kelso
Trigger Fast (1994)
as Jack Neumann
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Der blonde Affe (1999)
as Jan Vleuten
Der Fall Lucona (1993)
as Jorunalist Strasser
Gunblast Vodka (2001)
as Sacha Roublev
Old Agent Men (2017)
as Kern
The Dark Side of the Moon (2016)
as Pius Ott
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
as The Mage
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune (2021)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
as Man at the Meeting Table
A Handful of Water (2020)
as Konrad
On Dangerous Ground (1996)
as Carl Morgan
Schroeder's Wonderful World (2007)
as John Gregory
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' (1995)
as Himself
Forbidden (1984)
as Fritz Friedländer
The Consequence (1977)
as Martin Kurath
Lie Down with Lions (1994)
as Marteau
Spear of Destiny (2010)
as Baron Von Haan
The Last Border (1993)
as Duke
Hurricane Smith (1992)
as Charlie Dowd
Knast (1972)
as Roloff
Julie, chevalier de Maupin (2005)
as Le baron Hengen
So weit das Auge reicht (1980)
as Alexander Späh
The Poet (2003)
as Vashon
The Cry of Love (1997)
as Holger
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story (2021)
as Self - Das Boot Actor
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (2025)
as Self
Kotte (1979)
as Günther Kotte
Die Wildnis (1993)
as Brenner
Ein schmaler Grat (2013)
as Uwe Wolfmann
War and Peace (1982)
as Kevin
The Final Journey (2017)
as Eduard
Ohne einander (2007)
as Ernest
Die Kinder meiner Tochter (2013)
as Ernst Blessing
Tödliche Wahl (1995)
as Alex Bronner
The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
as Franz Blum
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck (2020)
as Wilhelm Schürmann
Operation Ganymed (1977)
as Oss
One or the Other of Us (1974)
as Bernd Ziegenhals
Half Brothers (2016)
as Herr Dryser
Auf Befehl erschossen (1972)
as Franz Sass
Unternehmer (1970)
as Arnold
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000 (1999)
as Hans Hagemann
Davon stirbt man nicht (2002)
as Everett Burns
The Other Side of the Law (1994)
as Simon McQuarie
The Schoolmaster (1990)
as Rozinsky
La conjura de El Escorial (2008)
as Espinosa
The Cop & the Girl (1985)
as Der Bulle
Shirin's Wedding (1976)
as Aida
Zoff (1972)
as Joky
From China with Love (1998)
as Paul Konen
Amigo - Dead on Arrival (2010)
as Fredo Kovacs
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes (1981)
as Self
Die Schuld der Erben (2012)
as Kurt Hanson
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005) (2005)
as Self